UBUNTU-CVE-2013-2851

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2013-2851

    Published: 7 Jun 2013Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2013-2851
    Aliases:
    USN-1912-1
    USN-1913-1
    USN-1931-1

    Summary:

    Details: Format string vulnerability in the register_disk function in block/genhd.c in the Linux kernel through 3.9.4 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging root access and writing format string specifiers to /sys/module/md_mod/parameters/new_array in order to create a crafted /dev/md device name.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-2851, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=969515, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/06/13, http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=137055204522556&w=2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1912-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1913-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1933-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1934-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1932-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1931-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1935-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1936-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1942-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1941-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2851

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.11.0-12.19

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High